Heroes of the Eastern Skies | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 筧橋英烈傳 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 笕桥英烈传 | ||||||
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Directed by | Chang Tseng-tse | ||||||
Written by | Ho Hsiao-chung | ||||||
Starring | Liang Hsiu-Shen Lee Ching | ||||||
Cinematography | Lin Hung-tsung | ||||||
Edited by | Wang Chi-yang | ||||||
Production company | Central Motion Pictures Corporation | ||||||
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes | ||||||
Countries | Taiwan, R.O.C. | ||||||
Languages | Mandarin Japanese |
Heroes of the Eastern Skies ( Chinese: 筧橋英烈傳; pinyin: jianqiao yinglie zhuan; lit. 'Heroic Martyrs of Jianqiao'), is a Chinese war drama filmed in Taiwan, R.O.C. and based on the true story of a small group of Chinese flying aces in 1937 at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, specifically depicting events in the Battle of Shanghai, Battle of Nanking and the Battle of Taierzhuang; the movie was released on 7 July 1977 in commemoration of the 7/7 Incident which sparked the start World War II in Asia. [1]
The movie recounts the combat actions between the Chinese Air Force and the invading air power of Imperial Japan with the flashpoint of the airwar set at Jianqiao Airbase, It won 6 awards at the 14th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Film and Best Director (Chang Tseng-tse).
In the movie, Col. Gao is accurately depicted recuperating in Lu Shan from serious injuries sustained from an aerial combat engagement, but is seen listening to a radio broadcast announcement of "heroic martyrs of our air force Yue Yiqin, Zheng Shaoyu, Tan Wen, Shen Chonghui giving their lives for our nation", to which the convalescing Col. Gao furiously reacts to by throwing a cup and lamenting how he must wait while his brothers are fighting and dying; while Tan Wen and Shen Chonghui were in fact KIA while Col. Gao was convalescing, Yue Yiqin died over a week after the death of Col. Gao himself, and Zheng Shaoyu died in April 1942. [11]
The depiction of Hawk III pilot Li Yougan getting shot down by Imperial Japanese A5Ms and then being strafed to death while descending in his parachute, was a lionizing of 17th PS, 3rd PG P-26/281 fighter pilot Liu Lanqing (劉蘭清) who was in fact killed when strafed to death mid-air after bailing-out in his parachute in an air battle over Nanjing on 19 September 1937; [12] Li Yougan himself was actually KIA while getting shot-down by anti-aircraft fire on 18 September 1937 during dive-bombing/strafing attacks on Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Battle of Shanghai. [13]
1977 - 14th Golden Horse Awards
... "敌机再次进入,一阵疯狂扫射之后,只见一弹坑东侧50米处仰卧一人,杨、于二人急绕弹坑跑过去,见是一位苏联顾问已被机枪打穿腹部。这时,站长也跑来,派车将其送往医院抢救。我一面向南京政府发电报报告,一面派人整理高志航、冯干卿的遗体,并停柩于周家口镇王家花园后面一住户的空屋之内... "
... 阎海文躲在坟后举枪射击,又有几个日兵应声倒地。这时,他检查了一下枪膛,见只有两粒子弹了,他抬手又打死一个鬼子... 敌人在一步步逼近,死亡也一步步向他走来。阎海文擦了擦枪上的尘土,缓缓地站起了身...「砰!」枪响了,一股殷红的鲜血,伴着英雄洒落在脚下深情的土地上……当天下午,日本兵列队脱帽,向刚树立的一座新坟,上书"支那空军勇士之墓"致敬,为敌人的勇士举行葬礼,这是他们的第一次。一个多月后,在东京新宿繁华的闹市区,"支那空军勇士阎海文"公展竟吸引了成千上万的日本人,参观的东京市民络绎不绝...
1937年9月21日,击落日军著名飞行员三轮宽的我空军第二十八队队长陈其光(照片) - 支那事变殊勋录刊登之日本陆军航空兵中佐三轮宽(照片)
民國二十六年九月十九日八時許,日軍以艦上輕轟炸機、水上偵察機、單翼驅逐機約三十架空襲南京,我機二十一架自句容、南京各地起飛迎擊。九時許,第十七隊副隊長黃新瑞率波因機五架,在句容上空與敵水機八架遭遇,展開格鬥,互有傷亡。烈士駕一七○一號機與敵纏鬥中,負重傷。跳傘後復被敵機三架追蹤射擊,墜於江寧縣境西成鄉陣亡。
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Heroes of the Eastern Skies | |||||||
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![]() poster | |||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 筧橋英烈傳 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 笕桥英烈传 | ||||||
| |||||||
Directed by | Chang Tseng-tse | ||||||
Written by | Ho Hsiao-chung | ||||||
Starring | Liang Hsiu-Shen Lee Ching | ||||||
Cinematography | Lin Hung-tsung | ||||||
Edited by | Wang Chi-yang | ||||||
Production company | Central Motion Pictures Corporation | ||||||
Release date |
| ||||||
Running time | 100 minutes | ||||||
Countries | Taiwan, R.O.C. | ||||||
Languages | Mandarin Japanese |
Heroes of the Eastern Skies ( Chinese: 筧橋英烈傳; pinyin: jianqiao yinglie zhuan; lit. 'Heroic Martyrs of Jianqiao'), is a Chinese war drama filmed in Taiwan, R.O.C. and based on the true story of a small group of Chinese flying aces in 1937 at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, specifically depicting events in the Battle of Shanghai, Battle of Nanking and the Battle of Taierzhuang; the movie was released on 7 July 1977 in commemoration of the 7/7 Incident which sparked the start World War II in Asia. [1]
The movie recounts the combat actions between the Chinese Air Force and the invading air power of Imperial Japan with the flashpoint of the airwar set at Jianqiao Airbase, It won 6 awards at the 14th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Film and Best Director (Chang Tseng-tse).
In the movie, Col. Gao is accurately depicted recuperating in Lu Shan from serious injuries sustained from an aerial combat engagement, but is seen listening to a radio broadcast announcement of "heroic martyrs of our air force Yue Yiqin, Zheng Shaoyu, Tan Wen, Shen Chonghui giving their lives for our nation", to which the convalescing Col. Gao furiously reacts to by throwing a cup and lamenting how he must wait while his brothers are fighting and dying; while Tan Wen and Shen Chonghui were in fact KIA while Col. Gao was convalescing, Yue Yiqin died over a week after the death of Col. Gao himself, and Zheng Shaoyu died in April 1942. [11]
The depiction of Hawk III pilot Li Yougan getting shot down by Imperial Japanese A5Ms and then being strafed to death while descending in his parachute, was a lionizing of 17th PS, 3rd PG P-26/281 fighter pilot Liu Lanqing (劉蘭清) who was in fact killed when strafed to death mid-air after bailing-out in his parachute in an air battle over Nanjing on 19 September 1937; [12] Li Yougan himself was actually KIA while getting shot-down by anti-aircraft fire on 18 September 1937 during dive-bombing/strafing attacks on Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Battle of Shanghai. [13]
1977 - 14th Golden Horse Awards
... "敌机再次进入,一阵疯狂扫射之后,只见一弹坑东侧50米处仰卧一人,杨、于二人急绕弹坑跑过去,见是一位苏联顾问已被机枪打穿腹部。这时,站长也跑来,派车将其送往医院抢救。我一面向南京政府发电报报告,一面派人整理高志航、冯干卿的遗体,并停柩于周家口镇王家花园后面一住户的空屋之内... "
... 阎海文躲在坟后举枪射击,又有几个日兵应声倒地。这时,他检查了一下枪膛,见只有两粒子弹了,他抬手又打死一个鬼子... 敌人在一步步逼近,死亡也一步步向他走来。阎海文擦了擦枪上的尘土,缓缓地站起了身...「砰!」枪响了,一股殷红的鲜血,伴着英雄洒落在脚下深情的土地上……当天下午,日本兵列队脱帽,向刚树立的一座新坟,上书"支那空军勇士之墓"致敬,为敌人的勇士举行葬礼,这是他们的第一次。一个多月后,在东京新宿繁华的闹市区,"支那空军勇士阎海文"公展竟吸引了成千上万的日本人,参观的东京市民络绎不绝...
1937年9月21日,击落日军著名飞行员三轮宽的我空军第二十八队队长陈其光(照片) - 支那事变殊勋录刊登之日本陆军航空兵中佐三轮宽(照片)
民國二十六年九月十九日八時許,日軍以艦上輕轟炸機、水上偵察機、單翼驅逐機約三十架空襲南京,我機二十一架自句容、南京各地起飛迎擊。九時許,第十七隊副隊長黃新瑞率波因機五架,在句容上空與敵水機八架遭遇,展開格鬥,互有傷亡。烈士駕一七○一號機與敵纏鬥中,負重傷。跳傘後復被敵機三架追蹤射擊,墜於江寧縣境西成鄉陣亡。
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